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tonsile

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ton-sile
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being clipped.

Etymology

From Latin tonsilis, from tondere, tonsum (“to shear, clip”). See tonsure.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more tonsile (comparative) most tonsile (superlative)

Rhymes With

consul vice-consul tonsil proconsul sponsal

Questions

What does tonsile mean?
Capable of being clipped.
Where does tonsile come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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